The courses listed below are required for completion of the Interdisciplinary Program in Organic Agriculture. The Interdisciplinary Studies Program is open to all students. However, for students in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture or the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences many program prerequisites are also part of their degree and so they can complete requirements faster. A vital part of the program is the required internship that gives students first-hand experience working in organic agricultural production or marketing.
Degree Requirements: 120 credits, 42 upper division, 27 Soil & Crop Sciences.
Course Name |
Semesters Offered |
Credits |
| FRESHMAN YEAR |
|
|
| AGRI 192 Orientation to Ag. System |
F |
1 |
| SOCR/HORT 171 Enviro Issues in Ag |
F |
3 |
| CHEM 107 Fundamentals of Chemistry |
F S SS |
4 |
| CHEM 108 Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab |
F S SS |
1 |
| CO 150 College Composition |
F S SS |
3 |
| AREC 202 Ag & Resource Economics |
F S |
3 |
| MATH 117 College Algebra/Context I |
F S SS |
1 |
| MATH 118 College Algebra/Context II |
F S SS |
1 |
| MATH 124 Log. and Exp. Function |
F S SS |
1 |
| PH 110 Descriptive Physics |
F SS |
3 |
| SOCR 100 General Crops OR HORT 100 Horticulture Science |
F |
4 |
| Arts and Humanities*1 |
F S SS |
3 |
| Biology electives*2 |
F S SS |
4 |
| Total for Freshman Year |
|
32 |
| |
|
|
| SOPHOMORE YEAR |
|
|
| CHEM 245 Fund of Organic Chem |
F S SS |
4 |
| CHEM 246 Fund of Organic Chem Lab |
F S SS |
1 |
| SOCR 240 Intro Soil Science |
F S |
4 |
| SPCM 200 Public Speak & Discuss |
F S SS |
3 |
| FSHN 125 Food & Nutrition in Health OR FSHN 150 Survey of Human Nutrition |
F S SS |
2 OR 3 |
| Select one of the following three courses: |
|
|
| SOCR/LAND 220 Fund of Ecology |
F |
3 |
| BIO 320 Ecology |
F S |
3 |
| NR 120A Enviro Conservation |
F S |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Arts and Humanities*1 |
F S SS |
3 |
| Electives |
|
9-10 |
| Total for Sophomore Year |
|
30 |
| |
|
|
| JUNIOR YEAR |
|
|
| JTC 300 Technical Communication |
F S |
3 |
| SOCR 330 Principles of Genetics |
F S SS |
3 |
| Historical Perspectives*3 |
F S SS |
3 |
| Statistics |
F S SS |
3 |
| SOCR 350 Soil Fertility Management |
F |
3 |
| HORT 345/SOCR 345 Diagnosis & Treatment of Organic Fields |
SS |
2 |
| Choose two of the following three groups: |
|
|
| BSPM 308 Ecology & Mgmt of Weeds |
F |
4 |
| BSPM 302 App & General Entomology, BSPM 303 A-C Entomology Lab |
F |
2,1 |
| BSPM 361 Elements of Plant Pathology |
S |
3 |
| Choose four of the following five courses: |
|
|
| SOCR 341 Soil Ecology |
S |
1 |
| SOCR 342 Organic Soil Fertility |
S |
1 |
| SOCR 343 Composting Prin & Practice |
F |
1 |
| SOCR 344 Intro to Crop Dev Techniques |
S |
1 |
| HORT 344 Organic Greenhouse Prod |
S |
1 |
| Total for Junior year |
|
30-31 |
| |
|
|
| SENIOR YEAR |
|
|
| Select one of the following pairs of courses: |
|
|
| BZ 440 Plant Physiology, BZ Plant Physiology Lab |
S |
3,2 |
| GEOL 120 Explr Earth: Phys Geology, GEOL 121 Intro Geology Lab |
F S, F S SS |
3,1 |
| Select four credits from the following: |
|
|
| SOCR 421 Crop & Soil Management Systems II |
F |
4 |
| SOCR 478 Environmental Soil Science, SOCR 479 Enviro Soil Science Lab |
S |
3,1 |
| |
|
|
| SOCR 492 Seminar |
F |
1 |
| SOCR 424/HORT 424 Topics in Org Ag |
S |
3 |
| Choose two of the following five courses: |
|
|
| HORT 450A Cool Season Veg production |
F |
1 |
| HORT 450B Warm season veg production |
F |
1 |
| HORT 450C small fruit production |
F |
1 |
| HORT 450D tree fruit production |
F |
1 |
| HORT 452 viticulture grape prod |
F |
1 |
| |
|
|
| HORT 487 Internship OR SOCR 487 Internship |
F S SS |
3 |
| Electives |
F S SS |
12-13 |
| Total for Senior Year |
|
30 |
1- Select from lis tof courses in category 3B in the All University Core Curriculum AUCC.
2- Select from list of courses in category 3A after consultation with advisor.
3- Select from the list of courses in category 3D in the AUCC.
4- Select a course with the STAT subject code.
Interdisciplinary Program in Organic Agriculture